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Culture group: Kuyu 
Country: Congo (Brazzaville) 
Region: Kuyugandza 
Head, marionette 

ht.   15 in. 38cm
Generic name: kébé kébe

This type of objects was used by the man at the OTTOTE secret society and is a symbol of the snake

This Kuyu head belonged to Museum of African Art in New York.   

Old etiquette on the back :  KOUYOU African

provenance: Carved Wood Head, with multiple neck rings, scarification and incised coiffure, black pigment details,  holes at the back for the feathers used at the end of the OTTOTE initiation ceremony and insert with feathers in the holes at the back.

They carried the Kuyu head in top of long poles.

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